Gulf Shores High School assault case resolved, but no details released

GULF SHORES, Alabama -- An assault case involving two Gulf Shores High School football players has been resolved, but authorities will not release specifics on what punishment was meted out.

Gulf Shores police Lt. Bill Cowan of the Gulf Shores Police Department on Tuesday said the case was resolved last week in Juvenile Court.

But because the case involved a juvenile, Cowan and officials with the District Attorney’s Office said they were unable to discuss any details of the case.

“All I can tell you is there was a resolution,” Cowan said.

The incident occurred Aug. 18 in the high school locker room showers after football practice and left one boy injured, Gulf Shores police said at that time. Initially reported as a “possible assault or hazing incident,” police later determined that the actions did not constitute “hazing” but fit the description of third-degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail for an adult.

Information on the victim’s condition was also unavailable.

The case was forwarded to the juvenile court system, and the names and ages of the boys were withheld.

Following the incident, school officials said the offending student was suspended, removed from the football team and faced the possibility of expulsion.

On Tuesday, school system spokesman Terry Wilhite confirmed that the youth was disciplined by the school. Wilhite said he could not say whether the student was expelled because of the case’s juvenile status. He declined to give further details.